Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID, Bibionidae please?
Posted by Juergen G on 31-08-2015 22:22
#1
Who can help to identify this?
Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, garden in KR-Uerdingen, size ca. 5mm
Date: 28.8.2015
Thanks.
Jürgen
Posted by Juergen G on 31-08-2015 22:23
#2
The second image of the same.
Posted by John Carr on 31-08-2015 23:15
#3
Dilophus. It might be
febrilis. I don't know what the other species look like.
Posted by Sundew on 31-08-2015 23:21
#4
A female of
Dilophus febrilis - they are frequently seen at the moment. Females have tinted wings with a clear tip. The males' wings are clear except the black stigma, and the males have very big eyes (the whole head is eyes).
Regards, Sundew
P.S. The ring of spines at the tip of the front tibia makes it a
Dilophus, a
Bibio has a stout spine at the tip of the tibia.
Edited by Sundew on 01-09-2015 15:34
Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-09-2015 17:01
#5
Hi Sundew,
Sundew wrote:
The males' wings are clear except the black stigma, and the males have very big eyes (the whole head is eyes).
then the 4 mm one below, last night at our house lantern (northwest Germany) ist the corresponding male?
Posted by libor on 01-09-2015 20:35
#6
Yes, it is!
Libor
Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-09-2015 20:40
#7
libor wrote:
Yes, it is!
Thanks, Libor! They were also abundant on
Heracleum sphondylium in the last weeks.